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Encyclopedia > Freaked

Freaked is a 1993 American film, directed by Tom Stern and Alex Winter, and written by Stern, Winter, and Tim Burns. It stars, along with Winter, Randy Quaid, Brooke Shields, Mr. T, Bobcat Goldthwait, Morgan Fairchild, and an uncredited Keanu Reeves. // March 31 - Actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of The Crow. ... Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves in Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure, 1989 Alex Winter (born July 17, 1965) is an actor, director, and film writer, English-born but raised in Montclair, New Jersey, USA. Born in London, England, Alex Winter trained as a dancer as a child, that being the... Randy Quaid Randall Rudy Randy Quaid (born October 1, 1950) is an American actor. ... Brooke Christa Camille Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress and former fashion model. ... For the animated series, see Mister T (TV series). ... Bobcat Goldthwait at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival Robert Francis Bobcat Goldthwait (born May 26, 1962) is an American comedian. ... Morgan Fairchild (born February 3, 1950) is an American actress. ... Keanu Charles Reeves (first name pronounced , born September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Canadian actor. ...


Plot summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The film opens with celebrity Ricky Coogan (Alex Winter) appearing on a talk show called The Skye Daily Show hosted by Skye Daily (Brooke Shields). The entire movie is essentially a flashback of Coogan's adventures on the island of Santa Flan as he is telling his story to Skye Daily. Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves in Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure, 1989 Alex Winter (born July 17, 1965) is an actor, director, and film writer, English-born but raised in Montclair, New Jersey, USA. Born in London, England, Alex Winter trained as a dancer as a child, that being the... Brooke Christa Camille Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress and former fashion model. ...


Coogan accepts a job promoting a dangerously toxic fertilizer called zygrot-24 made by slimy mega-corporation EES (Everything Except Shoes) in the remote tropics of Santa Flan (named after "the patron saint of creamy desserts"). Coogan and his friend Ernie (Michael Stoyanov) fly to Santa Flan, and cross paths with a hard-willed, and attractive, young environmentalist named Julie (Megan Ward). Coogan and Ernie fool Julie into thinking they are environmentalists as well and she agrees to join them on a trip to an anti-zygrot-24 demonstration. Michael Stoyanov (born December 14, 1970 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American actor and television writer. ... Megan Marie Ward (born September 24, 1969 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress best known for her numerous credits in science-fiction and horror movies and television series. ...


The trio decide to take a detour to see a freak show, and they wind up in the clutches of proprietor Elijah C. Skuggs (Randy Quaid). Skuggs has a vat full of the toxic fertilizer and uses it to morph Coogan, Ernie, and Julie into hideous freaks to become part of his show. Julie and Ernie are merged into a bizarre composite of the two, since they hate each other they become a one body two stooges. Ricky is mutated into a hideous thing with half his face that of a monster. Incorporated into the freak show they meet Skuggs's freaks. An army boy, Dog Boy (an un-credited Keanu Reeves in heavy makeup who had previously acted alongside Alex Winter in the Bill & Ted series) who is a canine hero, wanting to free his brethren. Mister T is the Bearded Lady, androgynous yet virile at the same time. Bobcat Goldthwait is Sockhead, a man who has a sock puppet for head and a professor turned into a giant worm who misses his arms. Not wanting to spend the rest of his career playing the leading role in a freak show, Coogan plots a daring escape with the other freaks. Coney Island and its popular on-going freak show. ... Randy Quaid Randall Rudy Randy Quaid (born October 1, 1950) is an American actor. ...


Trivia

  • During his interview with Skye Daily, Ricky says he saw Return to the Blue Lagoon on the plane to Santa Flan. Skye responds "Oh, I heard that sucked." Return to the Blue Lagoon is the sequel to The Blue Lagoon, in which Brooke Shields played Emmeline Lestrange.

Return to the Blue Lagoon is a 1991 English language romance and adventure film starring Milla Jovovich and Brian Krause, produced and directed by William A. Graham. ... The Blue Lagoon is a 1980 American romance and adventure film starring Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins, produced and directed by Randal Kleiser. ...

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